# I have found my favorite potato chip flavor **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647 "2015-06-16T03:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/41 "2015-06-17T22:33:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Herr’s and Utz are both available by mail order, and with quite reasonable prices. > > My one major complaint for a lot of flavors of chip is that they are all kettle-style chips. I **hate** kettle chips! I have no desire to break a tooth or gash a gum trying to eat those hunks of metal. Just give me all those wonderful flavors on a regular chip and I’m happy. The Herr’s horseradish chips I’m familiar with were not kettle chips. But I think that’s all they offer in the flavor now. Boo! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/42 "2015-06-17T22:44:27Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Lay’s Roast Chicken. Not available in the US, sadly, but available in Newfoundland, Canada, where I spend a fair amount of time. I bring back shopping bags full of them every time I go. They have chicken and waffles flavor. To me, they just taste like maple syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/43 "2015-06-17T23:51:52Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Lay’s Roast Chicken. Not available in the US, sadly, but available in Newfoundland, Canada, where I spend a fair amount of time. I bring back shopping bags full of them every time I go. Walkers the English one do a roast chicken, I’m obsessed with how much it tastes like roast chicken. I just have to nibble a tiny piece and I can see the entire Sunday roast. As a kid it was all about smokey bacon, there were only a few flavours in England back then. I moved to Amsterdam and they only had two flavours, salted or paprika. If you’re only going to have one flavour then paprika for me please. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/44 "2015-06-18T00:23:19Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > Oooh. Thank you for this. The right combo of vinegar and salt is very important. I noticed in the link the “Walkers” potato chip label is identical to Lays. Each has the same red banner across the same yellow circle. Is Walkers the British version of Lays? Well, Walker’s started out independently in (looking it up) 1948, and then was acquired by Frito-Lay in 1989. It looks like it was some time in the mid-90s that both Lay’s and Walker’s got that red-banner-with-sun logo. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/45 "2015-06-18T00:46:41Z")
My husband is hooked on cheddar and horseradish chips, and I can’t stand them. This might be why he’s hooked on them, tell the truth. My favorite are plain, original Lays. If I have to pick a favor, any good salt and vinegar will do. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/46 "2015-06-18T08:56:11Z")
Herr’s, Wise, and Utz were all childhood staples but apparently not part of my current food desert. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/47 "2015-06-18T10:02:43Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I particularly like the Kettle Chips brand pepperoncini flavor. If I had to describe it, it’s a hybrid of the jalapeno flavored chips with the salt & vinegar flavored chips. I’ve never seen their pepperoncini but have you tried their Thai Sweet Chili? I’m not a big potato chip eater but I could down a whole bag of those in one fell swoop! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/48 "2015-06-19T03:35:21Z")
I went to Trader Joe’s just today and I gotta say I wouldn’t even have considered/noticed the cheddar and horseradish chips if it weren’t for this thread. Trying some now. Ooh, my sinuses! They’re pretty good. My go-to favorite are the Kettle salt and fresh cracked pepper chips. Just a touch of jalapeno in there and so good with plain sour cream as a dip. I also picked up a bag of chips with South African style seasoning. Haven’t tried them yet. It was a good trip to Trader Joe’s. I don’t shop there enough! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/49 "2015-06-19T04:31:06Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I went to Trader Joe’s just today and I gotta say I wouldn’t even have considered/noticed the cheddar and horseradish chips if it weren’t for this thread. Trying some now. Ooh, my sinuses! They’re pretty good. > > My go-to favorite are the Kettle salt and fresh cracked pepper chips. Just a touch of jalapeno in there and so good with plain sour cream as a dip. > > I also picked up a bag of chips with South African style seasoning. Haven’t tried them yet. It was a good trip to Trader Joe’s. I don’t shop there enough! Let us know how the South African chips are, I’ve been wanting to try them. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/50 "2015-06-19T05:30:42Z")
I tried Roast Chicken and Gravy potato chips once. Yes, they really tasted like that. But they were just a gimmick release, and the company never put any more out. I still mourn… ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/51 "2015-06-19T07:32:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Let us know how the South African chips are, I’ve been wanting to try them. I like them. Milder than the cheddar horseradish for sure. These are regular chips, not crinkle or kettle. Hard to describe if you’re not familiar with “South African Seasoning.” A hint of what I can best describe as savory barbecue rub, with an equal herbiness like herbs de provence. I got an additional hint of smokiness and small amount of spice on the tongue after about an ounce of chips. The flavor lingers. I ate an apricot after the chips and still have some of that seasoning lingering. They won’t replace my favorite, but I’d pick them up for a party or if I have room in the cart after the rest of my shopping is done. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/52 "2015-06-19T15:11:14Z")
All the talk of chicken chips reminds me of my ill-fated quest, after falling in love with the tawdry yet sublime glory that is Chicken in a Biskit, to make chicken-flavored popcorn. I still have the dream. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/53 "2015-06-21T01:27:28Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > All the talk of chicken chips reminds me of my ill-fated quest, after falling in love with the tawdry yet sublime glory that is Chicken in a Biskit, to make chicken-flavored popcorn. I still have the dream. Tawdry yet sublime…what an apt description for those terrible, awful, **delicious** [del]salt licks[/del] crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647/54 "2015-06-21T02:05:23Z")
Tayto Cheese & Onion crisps occupy a special place in my heart. And mouth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-my-favorite-potato-chip-flavor/722647.md?page=2)